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Yesterday I got permission to hunt an awesome piece of property here in Kansas and I am super pumped and ready to go deer hunting. And what makes it even sweeter is it is in my backyard. I have the okay to hunt 80 acres with a 23 acre soybean field that butts up to a 400 acre soybean field and a huge corn field and the 23 acre soybean field has a funnel of hardwoods that comes down to it and I can hunt the hardwoods as well. Last week I spotted four big bucks feeding in the soybeans and even though I couldn’t see them real good because of the distance and it was getting dark, I could tell one of them was going to be a shooter for sure, he was nice. I got them on video but they were so far away the video footage is not real good. Last November my wife and my father-in-law saw a 200 class buck less than a mile from where I’ll be deer hunting, and my neighbor saw a huge big buck in the soybean field in the 23 acre field where I can hunt. Talk about pumped, I cant wait to go deer hunting. Heck I cant even think straight! Ive started a list of things I need to be ready by the start of the season. My list keeps getting longer but my birthday is next week and my beautiful wife said she might get me the stand I’ve been wanting. I put two trail cameras down there on the field already and plan on putting a couple of stands up real soon. I plan on shooting my bow this week also. I love this time of year even if it is hot as heck, deer season and college football are right around the corner. This just might be the year I get that Pope & Young buck I’ve been after. How about you? Are you ready to get in the woods and do some bow hunting like I am? It will be here before you know it.

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http://gunowners.org/ch06142010ee.htm. The NRA will not be getting any more of my hard earned money. I never thought I would be saying that but it seems the NRA is making special deals with the corrupt politicians and that is unacceptable to me.

Are you serious about deer hunting? If so now is a great time to start getting your deer hunting checklist together. So you will be ready for the big bucks. I am needing a few things for next season and I can get them on sale during the summer rather than waiting right before the season opens and paying full price. I am looking to get a lock on with some steps and a new ladder stand as well as a trail camera. The first thing I am looking to get is a new trail camera. The one that I have is okay but I want a newer one that takes better quality pictures. I would like to have one that you could check from your home computer, now that would be nice but they are to expensive for me. I am looking for an infrared that has video capabilities. There are so many different ones to choose from. I am hoping to find a trail camera at a discount price and have already started looking. The Sportsman’s Guide is always sending me emails on the sales they are having and they have got some great prices. It will be time to go deer hunting before you know it so get your equipment checklist together and start looking for those deals and be prepared when the season rolls around.

I have gotten my bow out and started practicing maybe this will be the year I finally get that Pope and Young buck. I noticed some of the corn has already been planted here in Kansas ans is already coming up. I am so pumped up about getting after these big bucks in Kansas this year. I have been seeing a lot of whitetails on my way to work in the morning. I have even seen a few big bucks that already are growing their antlers.

I found a cool website that I think you might like it is called WildCast.tv they have some great videos and a forum so check it out I think you will like it.

Are you getting the itch to go deer hunting?

I know it is still spring but with summer right around the corner the big bucks antlers can grow over an inch per day during their growing period which is about 150 days and can even grow a lot more than that during the peak of summer. So now is a great time to get those trail cameras out and get some great early pictures of those big bucks. I moved to Kansas last August and was able to do some deer hunting in Kansas last year but this year I plan on being ready. I am so pumped to be deer hunting in Kansas because I know it is a great state for big bucks. I believe one of the main reasons there are so many trophy whitetails in Kansas is the quality nutrition available for the deer. I have noticed the farmers are plowing the fields getting ready to plant the corn. The more quality nutrition available means more trophy whitetails. Some hunters think genetics make a bucks antlers bigger but good nutrition and letting them get older will make a huge  difference. The key to having a property that provides nutritional needs for your whitetail herd is diversity. Clear-cuts, old fields such as CRP, food plots, and mast such as acorns and apples and pears and persimmons during autumn and soft mass like blackberries  all provide different types of food sources that the deer need at different times of the year. The more diverse your property’s food sources are the more trophy whitetails it will attract.

Control burning let’s the native grasses grow better and also provide quality nutrition as well. So diversify your deer property by planting food plots that provide quality nutrition year round, control burn, properly manage old fields and watch those brutes get bigger each year. I dream about owning my own hunting land one day, I would love to be able to manage my own property. That is one really good thing about living in Kansas there is a whole lot of agriculture that provides the whitetails quality nutrition year round. Man I’m getting pumped just thinking about September!

I received an email from a digital marketing consultant working with the History Channel about doing a post including the link, pictures and videos about their upcoming new show “Top Shot” and I gladly accepted the invitation.

“Top Shot” is sixteen of some of the most skilled marksmen in the nation carefully chosen to compete for the title “Top Shot”  and a $100,000 prize package. The winner will have to be skilled in everything from muzzle-loading muskets and pistols to throwing knives and sling shots.

Each week, the marksmen will face both individual and team elimination challenges until one winner remains. Every challenge will focus on the weapons, techniques and technologies of different historical eras as the skillful execution of each test is captured in extreme slow-motion by hi-speed HD cameras.

“Top Shot” premieres on Sunday, June 6th at 10pm EST ( http://www.history.com/shows/top-shot).

Also I wanted to tell you about a very cool sweepstakes that they asked me to let you know about as well.

xbox.com/topshotsweeps – This is a sweepstakes where you and a friend could travel to Los Angeles for a special Microsoft game-related event.

xbox.com/topshotPW – This is a contest in which you would play Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2 online between the times of 12:01 A.M. Pacific Time on June 4 and 11:59 P.M. PT on June 5, 2010. The best online players will be eligible to win prizes such as a HD TV, home theater system and an Xbox Elite.

Kansas has always been known for big bucks. Today I was looking at some videos on youtube and saw one of my favorite videos ever of deer hunting. This guy is deer hunting big bucks in Kansas and gets a shot at a really nice huge whitetail . He smokes one of the big bucks with his bow and it runs stops and looks like he isn’t even hit and suddenly  falls and then another trophy deer comes in and attacks the monster while it is laying dead on the ground. The guy literally walks right up to the buck while he is attacking the other one and has to run him off. Anyway it is my favorite footage of deer hunting of all time.

Spring has sprung and after about a 200 day gestation period the does should be giving birth about now. Some does from the age of  two and a half if they are healthy and the winter was not to harsh they may have twins. Most of the time one will be a doe and one will be a buck. The fawns will grow quickly during June and July. And as the days become longer the bucks will start growing their new antlers. So now is a great time to get those trail cameras out and watch those trophies develop their antlers all summer long up until bow season starts. It’s fun to see their development at the different stages of growth throughout the year. Have you seen any deer growing their antlers yet? Their antler growth will be slow at first during the spring but once the long days of summer roll around the antler growth will begin to be much more noticeable. So get those trail cameras out and watch those bucks develop throughout the summer months. Trail cameras are a great way to learn more valuable information that can help you get that once in a lifetime buck once deer season rolls around.

Looking to improve your deer hunting?

There are some things you can do to improve your deer hunting on your property for those big bucks.  If you own or lease your property there are some things that you can do to improve your property quite a bit. Here is a list of things you can do to improve your deer hunting property for big bucks.

1.Buck to doe ratio -Herd management. One to one buck to doe ratio is ideal. One to three is okay. Decrease your buck harvest and increase your doe harvest, depending on the ratio of your herd. Let your yearling bucks grow don’t shoot them. Let them grow to three and a half years old at least, with five and a half being better. Implement size restrictions on bucks. By setting a width and number of points restriction. Some clubs have restrictions of eight points or better or as wide as its ears.

2.Food Plots- If you ask me food plots is high on the list of things you can do to improve your hunting property for big bucks. Whitetails eat five to eight pounds of food every day for each one hundred pounds of body weight. Food plots give quality nutrition at the times of year when the whitetails need it the most. During the spring when the does are fawn bearing, during antler growth, and during the harsh cold months of winter when food is hard to find. Providing good food sources will definitely help the overall well being of your deer herd.

3.Control burn- Every year around February or March we do a control burn on our hunting property. We plow multiple fire breaks and clean the brush out from around all our deer stands, and we wait for the conditions to be right and then do the burn. We have to obtain a permit before we are able to burn. You always need to make sure you have the proper permits when burning. Every state may have different requirements so be sure to check with the proper authorities in the state where you are planning on burning.

4.Plant shrubs and trees- A few of the popular trees and shrubs are saw tooth oak, wild plum, crab apple, persimmon, honeysuckle, Hawthorne, dogwood, apple, pecan.

5.Supplemental feeding-High protein is good for antler growth. During the winter supplemental feeding can help deer survive the cold winter.Feeders are a great place to set up trail cameras. You can see whitetails up close and watch them grow.

You can improve your property by doing these five things.

I saw this cool video on youtube of a big buck taken deer hunting in Minnesota back in 1918, known as the John Breen buck. At the time this video was made the John Breen buck was the Minnesota state record whitetail.

My friend Patrick went shed hunting in Kansas a couple of weeks ago and found a nice set of sheds. It’s not to late to get out and find those big sheds. Also it’s time to put out lime and fertilizer and get those food plots ready to be planted. Get those soil samples and you will see a big difference in your deer hunting food plots.

It’s that time again to plant those spring food plots for those big bucks. Now is the time to start getting ready because soon it will be time to go deer hunting. There are a lot of things you can do to get your property ready for planting those food plots.If you are like me someone who is serious about deer hunting big bucks, I wanted to outline some of the things you need to do to start preparing and planting your food plots. Here are a few things that you need to think about before you start.

1. Deciding where you should plant

A. When deciding where to plant choose places away from public roads and property lines. This should decrease the chances of poaching.

B. Pick a site that will retain some moisture.

C. Choose a location and a size and shape for the plot

2.Preparing to plant

A. Soil testing tells you how much lime and fertilizer is needed to grow a certain crop to its best potential. Soil testing should be done every two years.

3. Soil Preparation

A. Remove the existing vegetation

B. Apply lime and fertilizer

C. Plow, disc, or till the fertilizer into the soil before spreading the seed gets best results.

4. Decide what to plant

A. What’s the purpose of the plantings?

B. You want the deer to be attracted to the plot

C. You want the deer to be able to easily digest it

D. You want the plot to provide plenty of protein and energy to the deer E. Pick seeds best for your food plot sites, soil, climate.

5. Cover the seed properly

6. Maintenance

A. Weed control

B. apply additional lime and fertilizer

Preparing properly should increase your success deer hunting those big bucks. You will be glad you took the time to prepare your property properly to have the best food sources available for the whitetails where you hunt.

Have you ever been shed hunting? I haven’t had a chance to go this year, but have heard from some friends at work that they are finding some very nice whitetail sheds.

My friend Greg found this dead deer while shed hunting in Missouri a few days ago. It’s hard to say why he died, but this has been a very harsh winter here in the mid-west and it is possible the the big bucks rut so hard and lose so much weight doing so that they just can’t recover enough body weight to be able to withstand the severe weather. You hate to find big bucks dead but it happens. I am really wanting to get out and find some whitetail sheds but have been so busy I just can’t find time to get out. But I am making myself a promise good lord willing I am going shed hunting very soon.

Greg also sent me this picture of some nice whitetail sheds he found on a recent trip.

It will be time to start working on food plots soon. It also isn’t to late to do some controlled  burns. My father said they did a burn on their deer hunting property back in Georgia a few weeks ago. He said they had a good burn and it should help the property. Control burning can be very beneficial to wildlife habitat. Check your local laws and regulations before you burn. Spring is right around the corner, but it is snowing like crazy here in Kansas today. I am ready for some warm sunny weather, it has been a long cold first winter in Kansas for this ole Georgia boy. My father called me a little while ago and said it was sunny and in the seventies today, the first day of turkey season in Georgia. And there has already been two big toms taken at their hunting club on opening morning. Man I sure miss home!

Now is a great time to get out and do some post season scouting and start looking for some big bucks sheds.

Before you know it we will be back out deer hunting.

And what a great way to get some exercise and learn more about where the monsters are hanging out on your property. I have heard there are some really nice sheds being found already. And I am getting the itch to get out and and start looking. The big bucks have already started dropping there antlers here in Kansas and Missouri. My buddy sent me some pictures that some friends of his sent him of some very nice sheds. I get fired up seeing the big bucks sheds that are found every year. I read a really cool article in a deer hunting magazine about a place in Missouri that will train your dog or sell you a dog just for finding sheds. It seems some people take their shed hunting pretty serious.

A great place to start looking on your deer hunting property is in the edges of food plots or fields or feeding areas and the trails leading to and from the food plots. Who knows you might find some sheds of that monster you’ve got on trail camera. Just a couple of weeks ago I was headed home from work and saw two very nice whitetails bedded on the side of a hill near the road. Snow was on the ground so it made it easy for me to spot them laying there. I am sure they have shed their antlers by now and I bet they are laying somewhere near where I saw the deer bedded. Finding a trophy whitetails sheds can be an awesome feeling. Then to try to harvest a trophy buck that you actually have found his sheds now that would be really cool.